The National Social Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale – CNaPS) of Madagascar has created a think tank devoted to social security. This innovative initiative aims at remedying the inadequacy of academic research on the subject and its inability to influence public policy. The goal is to provide high-quality services to a large number of beneficiaries.

Being strongly committed to the skills of its human resources, the CNaPS mobilized a multidisciplinary team based on the notion of a think tank, leading to the creation of the Department of Research and Compliance (Direction des études et de la conformité – DEC) in 2014.

As the organization’s main idea-generating unit, DEC’s mission is to promote the debates and reforms, indispensable for the future development of social protection in Madagascar. It aims to address the problem of non-compliance and ensure the respect of norms in the management process of the scheme.

The DEC thus ensures the level of performance required in order to satisfy the requirements of the various stakeholders, and evaluates results on an ongoing basis.